QUOTE: Originally posted by Budliner Sorry for my confusion dont be all I sead was click on the price you think this locomotive cost (f you got it new) NEW NEW learn to read
QUOTE: some people do like the brass just cuz you cant afford it dont knock it
QUOTE: I just hgave fun posting
QUOTE: and I dont care what you or bob cry over
QUOTE: its like a bunch of jealous girls that did not get to go to the prom
QUOTE: dont get mad at if my post gets over 1000 hits you all are not getting replaced
QUOTE: - we are just adding more ideas to the mix and for you all to try to discourage me from posting good try
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QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 Bud Liner............... Sorry for my confusion...............Are you referring to the locomotive on the link? Or the units that you keep showing on page one? No offense, but are you playing games with us? Your input is valuable but your comment above QUOTE: "Some people have a taste for the finer things in life...----- doesn't make much sense in this case at all. Anyway, if you're referring to the brass E8 in the link, it looks like she's been thru a long battle. Probably in the $500 range when new. Used brass units like these don't fetch a high price anymore if......... 1. The body is in rough shape....... 2. The unit is equipped with an older, noisy drive... 3. If there are nicely detailed plastic version(s) of the same type of locomotive.. 4. The body detail itself is inferior to the plastic version of the brass unit. Remember, when the highly detailed plastic locomotives hit the HO and N markets back in the early 90s, the used brass units started fetching less money for sellers. Exception would be rare units, or locomotives that had not been produced in plastic. Or the highly detailed HO and N brass units produced in the 90s. Even then deals could be found. A good friend of mine snagged a rare HO brass Amtrak SDP40f on Ebay, in good shape, for about $100........a super bargain! He's repowering it with a Mashima motor.. Many of the brass units from the 1970s and early 80s are what's hitting Ebay. This old war horse looks like one of those units. Consider that the Pennsy E8 is available in plastic from BLI and LIfe LIke P2K. So chances are VERY LIKELY that this brass unit would not be high on many Pennsy modeler's priority lists. If you look carefully, the number boards would have to be cut out and the trucks need detailing parts just to be comparable in appearance to a P2K or BLI unit.! Top it off, the BLI E8 is equipped with an impressive sound system. So for $200+, which would you pick? If this were a brass Great Northern "Little Joe", an EMC Santa Fe E-1, or a GE U30CG..........then realistically you might more likely see a $500+ price tag. If this unit is fetching $800........ than either it's a special value to the buyer..........or the buyer doesn't realize that he or she is paying way too much for an old brass E unit. BTW: What you're doing above is "Chain Posting", which is quite obvious. This is why some of the members were "razzing" you earlier on other threads. Guy, Don't worry about gaining stars.......they'll come and you'll see that it's no big deal. Peace.[:D][8D][8)]
QUOTE: "Some people have a taste for the finer things in life...
QUOTE: Originally posted by csmith9474 The model pictured in the OP is no where near the quality of those compared from the Uncle Dave's site. The one in the OP is a crude model that lacks the detail of todays brass imports. Just because it is brass does not make it valuable.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Budliner QUOTE: Originally posted by csmith9474 The model pictured in the OP is no where near the quality of those compared from the Uncle Dave's it's realy the same model with a fancy paint job what detail are you talking abought if enything th op has more detail true it has a wire hanging out but thats only cuz i'm working on it (just got it a few days ago) imoa
QUOTE: Originally posted by csmith9474 The model pictured in the OP is no where near the quality of those compared from the Uncle Dave's
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QUOTE: Originally posted by rrinker Well that certainly isn't NEW, not with a wire sticking out the side. I'm not a collector, so I wouldn't even pay $200 for that. It's older brass, as evidenced by the relative lack of detail (cab doors and handles are simply stamped in) and it doesn't look much like it would run good without a little work. It looks to need al ot of cleanup work, as there is no protective laquer coat on it, or at least it doesn't look like it. So either it never had it, or was stripped at some point but then never painted. The Trainphone antennas pretty much make it specific to the PRR. --Randy